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Examples of doyen
doyen
Cornel Lucas, the doyen of British film stills photographers, died on 8 November.
From the guardian.co.uk
He is the doyen of fantasy and one of the most widely read authors in Britain.
From the guardian.co.uk
If she's the queen, Roland Barthelemy is the doyen and king of cheese sellers.
From the chron.com
Elsa Maria and her husband Mayoral are the doyen of tango teachers in Buenos Aires.
From the nzherald.co.nz
Shabtai Rosenne, who died last week aged 93, was the doyen of international lawyers.
From the guardian.co.uk
He was the guru's guru, a sage, kibitzer, doyen, and gadfly of business, all in one.
From the businessweek.com
Even McKinsey, the doyen of strategy consultants, has seen a lot of recent defections.
From the economist.com
Jennifer Aldridge, doyen of The Archers, has Middle England in her veins.
From the telegraph.co.uk
This recipe is from the undisputed doyen of Southern cooking, Paula Deen.
From the al.com
- Dean: a man who is the senior member of a group; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents"
- Doyen is a surname. The word doyen (doyenne in the feminine grammatical gender) is derived from the French term for dean, e.g. Dean (religion) and Dean (education).
- A commander in charge of ten men; The senior, or eldest male member of a group; A leading light, or exemplar of a particular practice or movement
